Volume 1 Beginning Chapter 33: Flags cannot be set casually
Nan Ling doesn't care about what other people think.
Especially since he is a passerby who has never shown his face in the main storyline, it is not worth his effort.
Nan Ling went over Gin's plan in his mind.
There is no plan, just split up and do the outflanking. Each person is responsible for a direction.
It just so happens...the path he is responsible for is the one that Shuichi Akai is expected to choose.
For a moment, Nan Ling didn't know whether he should be happy for Gin's trust in him, or worried that he might run into Akai Shuichi soon.
There's a good chance that he'll bump into Akai Shuichi when he turns the next corner...
...Ah, luckily there is no one here.
Just now, Nan Ling was startled by the flag he set. After walking around the corner nervously, he realized that he was just scaring himself.
Phew, a false alarm, a false alarm—
——Wait!
Nan Ling suddenly stopped at the corner of the street.
Wow, this feels dangerous.
Someone was aiming a gun at him. Nan Ling was sure of that.
The hairs on his body stood up, and his sense of danger told him that this was a life-or-death situation.
So he immediately -
——Raised his hands in a particularly cowardly manner.
"Rye, let's make a deal. Can I just pretend I didn't see you today? If you want to leave, go ahead and I won't stop you."
Akai Shuichi was stunned for a moment.
He was currently in a two-story building on the street, and the view from the second floor was just enough to see Chat's location.
Chat's senses were so sharp that he reacted as soon as he aimed at the other party. If Chat had spoken a few seconds later, he would have probably pulled the trigger.
It was really just an accident that Shuichi Akai bumped into Nan Ling.
Because he originally wanted to take the road guarded by Gin - of course he didn't know who was guarding there.
He just thought that was the safest place. It seemed that Gin knew Akai Shuichi quite well.
But unfortunately, Shuichi Akai is not single now.
He was accompanied by several FBI agents who were there to assist him.
So he let the main force take the route he thought was the safest, and he himself took the relatively safer second route.
So if we follow normal logic, Gin's judgment is quite accurate.
As a result, he ran into Nan Ling.
Shuichi Akai thought about it and felt that he had no reason to let Chat go, so he was ready to shoot, but he didn't expect the other party to start talking again.
"First of all, the noise you make by killing me will definitely attract Gin and the others, and then it won't be easy for you to escape."
Nan Ling also knew that this was nonsense. If Akai Shuichi wanted to run away, few people could stop him. By the time Gin arrived, his body would be cold.
So his focus is on the second sentence.
"Miyano Akemi..."
Nan Ling hesitated.
He didn't like using other people's families to threaten others, but if he didn't say so, it seemed like his life would be gone.
Really, why do I always encounter this kind of thing after I came here?
Akai Shuichi froze for a moment.
He wasn't surprised that Chat knew about this, nor was he surprised that he would use this to threaten others.
but……
He just wasn't ready.
As expected...I have implicated you, Mingmei.
Mingmei's appearance reappeared in front of his eyes. When she was happy, when she was sad, when she was happy, and when she was upset.
Of course, what impressed me most was her expression on the day he told her the truth.
Tender and sad...
It was just beyond his expectation——
——"If you let me go, I can help you protect Miyano Akemi."
Nan Ling hesitated for a moment but decided not to continue threatening Miyano Akemi's life.
I don’t know if it’s because of my own preferences or because of the warmth I saw that day?
——Of course not. Living people are more useful than dead people, and a living Akemi Miyano can constrain Akai Shuichi more than a dead Akemi Miyano.
After all, being alive means hope.
And hope ...
Nan Ling slightly curled the corners of his lips, the arc was so subtle that it seemed like an illusion.
Hope is a worse friend than despair. Compared with continuous and long-lasting torture, a clean and sharp cut is less painful. Nan Ling has a deep understanding of this.
This time, Shuichi Akai was really stunned.
He was already prepared, even if the other party threatened Miyano Akemi...
But I didn't expect it to be this kind of suggestion.
Protect Miyano Akemi?
A promise made by a member of the Black Organization?
Akai Shuichi felt that he should not believe it. But there was another voice in his heart that kept echoing in his ears.
Promise him.
Don't you know how much danger Miyano Akemi will be in if you defect?
Shuichi Akai was rarely caught in a dilemma.
Nan Ling waited for a while, but there was still no response from the other side, and his life was not lost.
Very good, there is hope.
Maybe I can take this opportunity to gain some impression points.
So he decided to use a big move.
"I keep my word, Akai Shuichi. I have known your background for a long time, but I have never told the organization. Your exposure has nothing to do with me. You can trust me ."
Akai Shuichi was really shocked.
Who would have thought that Chat already knew his real name and even his identity.
He also knew that his exposure was his own fault and had nothing to do with Chat.
Therefore, Chat, who knew his identity but concealed it, probably had no ill will towards him.
But this brings us to the next question.
How did Chat know this? Is there an undercover agent from the Black Organization in the FBI?
"There are no undercover agents in the organization in the FBI. Even if there are, my information is not obtained from the organization. You should be able to guess this."
indeed so.
If the organization's undercover agent in the FBI knew his identity, Chat wouldn't be the only one who knew about it.
So the problem still lies with Chat himself.
I've never heard of Chat's loyalty being questioned...so where does he stand?
"My position is not important, Mr. Akai." Nan Ling replied as if he could read his thoughts, "You just need to know that I can help you now.
If you are willing to accept this deal, just shoot me once, just a non-lethal shot, so that I will not be suspected.
You don’t have much time to think about it. I don’t know when others will find this place. If—”
"Bang——" Before Nan Ling could finish his words, Akai Shuichi had already made the decision.
Almost at the moment of hearing the gunshot, Nan Ling felt a pain in his left shoulder.
He subconsciously took a few steps back.
Then he stood still.
Only then did he realize that he had been shot.
——One of the aftereffects of the experiment is that his sense of pain is much weaker than that of normal people.
Of course it still hurts, but not as much.
Shuichi Akai also noticed Chat's unusual reaction after being shot, and silently kept it in mind.
Nan Ling covered the wound and pressed to stop the bleeding while feeling the location where he was shot.
...Why didn't this person even let him finish his words?
The place where Shuichi Akai shot was very close to the heart, it looked like he was aiming at the heart but missed.
But it cleverly avoided the bones and only penetrated the muscles.
This kind of injury will heal if you rest for two more days.
It seems that Akai Shuichi still has some conscience and knows how to treat his labor force well.
It's just labor, isn't it? - So I have to protect Miyano Akemi later. And I have to save her.
Nan Lingdi sighed countless times.
